,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aje  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #bc        
7legislative day1 ,january #c71 #bjac   
,mr4 ,vitter introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
 and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  
,to direct the ,general ,accountability 
,office to conduct a full audit of      
hurricane protection funding and cost   
estimates associated with post-,katrina 
hurricane protection4  #a4 ,audit of    
hurricane protection funding and cost   
estimates  7a7 ,in general ,not later   
than #bgj days after the date of        
enactment of this ,act1 the ,government 
,accountability ,office1 in coordination
 with the ,national ,academy of         
,engineering1 shall conduct and submit  
to ,congress a full audit of hurricane  
protection funding and cost estimates   
associated with post-,katrina hurricane 
protection4  7b7 ,purposes ,the purposes
 of the audit shall be--  7#a7 to       

identify the causes for the             
extraordinary miscalculations in cost   
estimates of damage caused by ,hurricane
 ,katrina that were completed before the
 date of enactment of this ,act2  7#b7  
to conduct an analysis of resources     
available and work required with respect
 to hurricane protection funding and    
post-,katrina hurricane protection2 and 
7#c7 to identify strategies to replenish
 reprogrammed funding from out-year work
 to immediate needs4